- Guides
Youth Voices: A Guide to Meaningful Youth Engagement in Mental Health Funding
The “Youth Voices” report, developed by the Being Initiative, explores the practical realities of meaningful engagement and shares lessons after…
Read moreThe UK Mental Health Platform (MHP), coordinated by the University of Edinburgh and funded through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI*), is a national, challenge-led network focused on severe mental illness (SMI), including conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and severe depression.
It comprises five interdisciplinary research hubs plus a data-science hub (DATAMIND), funded with over £20 million to accelerate discovery, improve diagnoses, and enhance treatments through shared data, harmonised measures, and meaningful lived-experience engagement. The Platform emphasizes open science, cross-sector collaboration (including industry partnerships), and equitable research practices—ensuring diverse participation and real-world impact.
For funders and the wider sector, the UK Mental Health Platform presents a potentially scalable model for leveraging shared infrastructure to catalyse high-quality, translational mental health research nationally and globally.
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- Datasets
Atlas of Longitudinal Studies
The Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets, launched by King’s College London in January 2025 with support from Wellcome*, MQ Mental Health…
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IAMHRF 2020 Funding Landscape Report
By setting funding levels and programs, policymakers and funders directly influence what kind of research is being conducted, where and…
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Understanding Decision-Making and Barriers In The Mental Health R&D ecosystem
It is well appreciated that the pace and scale of investment in mental health R&D does not match the need….
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GALENOS Open-Access Evidence Synthesis Platform
GALENOS (Global Alliance for Living Evidence on aNxiety, depressiOn, and pSychosis) is a living, open-access evidence platform funded by Wellcome*…
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UK Mental Health Platform
The UK Mental Health Platform (MHP), coordinated by the University of Edinburgh and funded through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI*),…
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